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SOUTHEASTERN’S SHRM TAKES NATIONAL AWARD
      HAMMOND -- The Southeastern Louisiana University chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has earned the society’s Superior Merit Award for 2002-2003 and will be recognized at the society’s national conference in Orlando in June.
      The award, based on the chapter’s active performance and service, is presented to less than one-fourth of the society’s 400-plus student chapters throughout the nation.  
      “Winning this award demonstrates that Southeastern has done an outstanding job of providing opportunities for growth and development of its members,” said Chuck Salvetti, SHRM manager for student programs.
      “The criteria for this award are challenging and difficult to meet without strong leadership from the chapter’s officers and advisors,” said Randy Settoon, head of the department of management. “To win a merit award at this point in the growth of the chapter is an amazing accomplishment.”
      The chapter was cited in the society’s student newsletter, “Echoes,” as an example of success in membership. The Southeastern chapter increased its student and national membership by more than 230 percent for the 2002-2003 merit year (April 2002 - March 2003), thus earning another recognition by the society as the fastest growing chapter at the convention in June. For that time period, Southeastern’s SHRM boasted 72 members and two advisors.
      On April 30, officers of the Southeastern chapter of SHRM, along with advisors Carl Phillips and Toni Phillips, accepted a $500 check from Adrienne Strable, president-elect of the Northshore Region Human Resources Association. 
      “This Southeastern chapter has worked extremely hard as our association’s student-affiliate chapter of SHRM, and we wanted to show our gratitude and support of a job well done by helping to cushion the costs of attending the national conference,” said Strable.
      “The chapter would not be here without the help of the Northshore Region Human Resources Association,” said chapter advisor Carl Phillips. “Through their financial and professional support, we have been able to grow in members and in strength.”
      Within the past year, the Southeastern chapter of SHRM has attended conferences in Philadelphia and Baton Rouge. Members have also hosted campus speakers, volunteered at the Louisiana Works Veterans Affairs Workshop and the Southeastern Career Fair, and sponsored a food drive to benefit the Tangi Food Pantry.
      The Society for Human Resource Management's Student Program was created in 1965 “to promote mutually beneficial interaction between human resource management students and practitioners.” There are nearly 10,000 student members nationwide.
      Students interested in becoming a member of SHRM should contact Carl Phillips at 985-549-3081, Toni Phillips at 985-549-3078, or email SHRM@selu.edu.